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Are you sitting comfortably, reader? Because this week we've got the good stuff. Like most things to come out of Russia, Valery Koroshilov's work isn't easy to categorize (his words, not ours). He has a cabinet full of awards and accolades, including Vogue Artist of the Year. But you don't need to know that; just drink in these dreamy portraits.

Our CEO Jonas says...

"Valery’s paintings, though painstakingly crafted with an obsession to detail, are never quite hyperrealistic. You always feel the underlying hand of the artist; they are warm and full of life. This can be traced to his tremendous confidence with his medium, as he allows the painting to develop with organic spontaneity on the canvas.”

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